SwingPoints vs Ordway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwingPoints
Track competitive dance history for yourself and friends. View dancer and event profiles, see friend placements, and get notified of new points. Create your own dancer profile and stay updated.
- Dancer profiles with timeline
- Event placement history
- Friends list and newsfeed
- Push notifications for new points
- Account creation and profile setup
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SwingPoints allows you to stay up to date with your and your friends' WSDC competitive dance history. Features: • Comprehensive dancer profiles with timeline graph, map, and list of your competitive dance history • Comprehensive event profiles with history of yearly placements and finalists • Friends list to keep track of your friends' placements • Newsfeed of your friends' latest competitive events • Push notifications to notified when you or any of your friends have received new points • Ability to create an account and set up your own dancer profile Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ordway
Manage your event tickets, discover upcoming shows, and easily transfer tickets to friends and family. Access your purchased tickets seamlessly by signing in with your existing account.
- Seamless ticket access
- Event discovery and purchase
- Ticket transfer to others
- Sign in with existing account
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Welcome to the brand new app for Ordway Access and transfer your tickets for upcoming events, browse our event listings and easily purchase tickets for future shows Seamless Ticket Access - simply sign in with the same account you used to purchase your ticket Discover our upcoming events - check availability, and secure your spot with just a few taps Ticket Transfer - easily share tickets with friends and family from within the app
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Verdict
SwingPoints and Ordway both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of SwingPoints's written reviews are positive against 7% of Ordway's. SwingPoints also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Ordway's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SwingPoints sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ordway asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for SwingPoints against 4.5 for Ordway. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ordway has 367 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of SwingPoints's written reviews are positive against 7% of Ordway's.
SwingPoints ships an update weekly, Ordway every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwingPoints | Ordway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.5 (367 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 7.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 367 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Tong | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts |
Customer experience
SwingPoints
Ordway
In-app purchases
SwingPoints
- Ad Free Supporter$4.991 Month
- SwingPoints Supporter$9.991 Month
- SwingPoints Sponsor$49.991 Month
Ordway
No in-app purchases
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